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Knickmann, August-Heinrich

Date of birth:
September 25th, 1894 (Gelsenkirchen-Horstermark/Westernphalia, Germany)
Date of death:
August 5th, 1941 (Sabolotje, Soviet-Union)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Korpowo
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

August-Heinrich Knickmann probably lies buried in an unknown grave at the War cemetery Korpowa in Russia.

Career:
1933 - 1937: Polizeipräsident Duisburg-Hamborn;
July 1932 - November 1932: MdR. Wahlkreis Westfalen-Nord;
January 1933 - August 1941: MdR. Wahlkreis Westfalen-Süd, Preussische Provinzialrat;
1933 - 1941: Führer SA-Gruppe Niederrhein;
?: Führer II. / Infanterie-Regiment 501.

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Awarded on:
1933
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Awarded on:
June 10th, 1940
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Awarded on:
June 24th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Rank:
SA-Obergruppenführer
Awarded on:
October 5th, 1940
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
Rank:
SA-Obergruppenführer
Awarded on:
October 5th, 1940
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1940
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 501, 290. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
February 16th, 1942

Posthumously awarded.

Written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Heinrich-August.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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